This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... (hear) about the accident because I ..... (work) all night. A) Had heard, had been working. B) Heard, had been working. C) Hear, been working. D) Heard, had working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heard, had been working. 2. Which sentence is better for emphasizing the *duration* of the activity, not just that it was finished? A) By the time I arrived, he had built the sandcastle. B) By the time I arrived, he had been building the sandcastle. C) By the time I arrived, he was building the sandcastle. D) By the time I arrived, he built the sandcastle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time I arrived, he had been building the sandcastle. 3. Priscilla ..... information about an accident for two days, when the thief stole her notes. A) Had been gathering. B) Was gathering. C) Had been gathered. D) Had gathered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been gathering. 4. Which question is formed correctly in the past perfect continuous tense? A) Did you were practicing the piano before I arrived?. B) You had been practicing the piano before I arrived?. C) Have you been practicing the piano before I arrived?. D) Had you been practicing the piano before I arrived?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had you been practicing the piano before I arrived?. 5. Were you visiting Bali? A) Had been you visiting Bali?. B) Had you been visiting Bali?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been visiting Bali?. 6. True or False:The sentence 'We were walking to school when it started to rain' uses the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. I ..... John yesterday, but he ..... so he was too tired to chat. A) Had been seeing / run. B) Saw / run. C) Saw / had run. D) Saw / had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw / had been running. 8. If someone had been drinking coffee all morning, what might they feel in the end? A) Really strange. B) Very sleepy. C) Extremely hungry. D) Very bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Really strange. 9. Which sentence best explains *why* the kitchen was a mess using the past perfect continuous tense? A) The kitchen was a mess, and my dad had been baking a cake. B) My dad baked a cake, which made the kitchen a mess. C) The kitchen was a mess because my dad had been baking a cake for hours. D) While my dad was baking, the kitchen got messy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kitchen was a mess because my dad had been baking a cake for hours. 10. They ..... for hours, so they ..... bored. A) Had been waiting, had been being. B) Had been waiting, were. C) Had waited, had been. D) Had waited, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting, were. 11. True or False:The following sentence correctly uses the Past Perfect Continuous tense. 'My brother has been eating the cookie dough before we even put the cookies in the oven.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. By the time Mrs Lee got home, the children ..... computer games for two hours. A) Had been playing. B) Played. C) Have been playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 13. He doesn't read a newspaper in the morning. A) He wasn't reading a newspaper in the morning. B) He hadn't been reading a newspaper in the morning. C) He didn't read a newspaper in the morning. D) He hadn't read a newspaper in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hadn't been reading a newspaper in the morning. 14. Your friend wrote:'The ground was wet because it had been rain.' How would you correct this sentence to use the proper grammar rule? A) The ground was wet because it had rained. B) The ground was wet because it was be raining. C) The ground was wet because it had raining. D) The ground was wet because it had been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ground was wet because it had been raining. 15. "She ..... been reading a novel." A) Were. B) Had. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 16. Report the sentence 'Gio has been cooking all day.' She said. A) She has been cooking all night. B) She said Gio has been baking all day. C) She said Gio had been cooking all day. D) She said Gio had been cleaning all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said Gio had been cooking all day. 17. I ..... (live) in the city for many years before I moved to the countryside. A) Was living. B) Lived. C) Had lived. D) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 18. Complete the question:How long ..... on that video game before your dad told you to stop? A) You had been playing. B) Had you been playing. C) Have you been playing. D) Did you play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you been playing. 19. Which of these sentences is in past perfect continuous tense? A) We were playing soccer. B) She had been reading all afternoon. C) They are finishing their homework. D) He has been cooking dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had been reading all afternoon. 20. Bill finally got out of the chair taht he ..... on the whole afternoon. A) Have been sitting. B) Has been sitting. C) Have sit. D) Had been sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been sitting. 21. She had been going to the store to buy grapes. A) Past Progressive. B) Past Perfect Progressive. C) Future Progressive. D) Present Progressive. E) Present Perfect Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Progressive. 22. When we met you, you ..... at the company for six hours. A) Had been working. B) Has been working. C) Was been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 23. After she ..... his homework, she ..... games. A) Finished, had played. B) Had finished, played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, played. 24. They were hungry because they ..... since morning. A) Don't eat. B) Didn't eat. C) Were eating. D) Hadn't been eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been eating. 25. Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect continuous tense. A) My dad had been fixing the car when I got home. B) My dad has fixed the car. C) My dad was fixing the car. D) My dad had fixed the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My dad had been fixing the car when I got home. 26. Complete the sentence with the correct negative form:We missed the bus because we ..... attention to the time. A) Weren't paying. B) Haven't been paying. C) Hadn't been paying. D) Hadn't been pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been paying. 27. The sentence 'She had been painting the fence for hours before it started raining' is in the past perfect continuous tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. "Before the bell rang, the students ..... for the exam." A) Were preparing. B) Had been preparing. C) Prepared. D) Had prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been preparing. 29. ..... against the disease for long before she died? A) Had she been fighting. B) Had she been fought. C) Had she be fighting. D) Has she being fighted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she been fighting. 30. This sentence is grammatically correct:'She had been try to call me for an hour before her phone died.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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